James Ernest BROWN

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Service Number:	598
Enlisted:	14 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cycle Builder
Died:	Killed in Action, 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium, 26 October 1917
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XX11, Row A, Grave 19 Headstone inscription reads: Lord have mercy on his soul, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

14 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 598, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 598, 31st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 598, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
24 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 598, 31st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Wounds unknown

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Son of James and Ellen Brown of 36 Peel Street, North Melbourne, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Citizen Military Forces for about 3 years

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